A Story About Afiya

Some people have dresses for every occasion but Afiya needs only one. Her dress records the memories of her childhood, from roses in bloom to pigeons in flight, from tigers at the zoo to October leaves falling.

A gorgeously illustrated and joyful celebration of a young Caribbean girl’s childhood.

Winner of the Northern Lights Picture Book of the Year Award 2020. USBBY Outstanding International Books 2021. New York Times, 25 Best Children's Books of 2020. Kate Greenaway Medal Nomination 2021. A Guardian Children's Book of the Month 2020.

For ages 2+. Softcover, printed on sustainably-sourced paper with plant-based inks.

Lantana Publishing is an award winning children's book publisher and social enterprise, with a mission to:

• publish inclusive books that are changing the game of publishing,
• commission books that celebrate diversity, equality, and
• create books that are environmental sustainable.

Despite a third of UK school children identifying as being Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME), fewer than 5% of books are representative of BAME characters. Furthermore, fewer than 2% are authors or book creators represented by British people of colour and even less than this are representative of the LGBTQ+ communities or disabled. Lantana believes that every child deserves to see themselves in the books they read.